* [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
@ 2005-08-18 13:59 Xavier Neys
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To: gentoo-doc-cvs
neysx 05/08/18 13:59:23
Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
Log:
#101641 Add missing <path> tags
Revision Changes Path
1.7 +28 -28 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml?rev=1.7&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml.diff?r1=1.6&r2=1.7&cvsroot=gentoo
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retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 26 Jun 2005 12:23:21 -0000 1.6
+++ gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 18 Aug 2005 13:59:23 -0000 1.7
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.6 2005/06/26 12:23:21 smithj Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.7 2005/08/18 13:59:23 neysx Exp $ -->
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux based Netboot HOWTO</title>
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
Guide for setting up a netboot server for use with the Gentoo/SPARC netboot installation images.
</abstract>
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
-<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 -->
+<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.1</version>
-<date>2005-06-25</date>
+<version>1.2</version>
+<date>2005-08-18</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
</note>
<p>
-If you desire to add additional hosts to /etc/ethers, you do not need to
+If you desire to add additional hosts to <path>/etc/ethers</path>, you do not need to
restart the rarpd services as the file is checked each time a request is
received.
</p>
@@ -123,16 +123,16 @@
</p>
<p>
-Since each entry in /etc/ethers has a hostname, the netboot server needs to
+Since each entry in <path>/etc/ethers</path> has a hostname, the netboot server needs to
be able to resolve the hostname into its IP address. This can be done two
-ways, /etc/hosts or the nameserver the netboot server uses.
+ways, <path>/etc/hosts</path> or the nameserver the netboot server uses.
</p>
<p>
-An /etc/hosts entry for resolving a hostname will look very similar to the one
+An <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry for resolving a hostname will look very similar to the one
that probably exists from when you installed Gentoo on the netboot server.
For our example host, sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, we'll assume that it has an IP
-address of 10.0.1.15. So the /etc/hosts entry would look like;
+address of 10.0.1.15. So the <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry would look like;
</p>
<pre caption="/etc/hosts">
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@
</p>
<note>
-If both /etc/hosts and the nameserver have an entry for the host to be
-netbooted, /etc/hosts will be used first (granted the order of
-/etc/nsswitch.conf has not been changed from the default).
+If both <path>/etc/hosts</path> and the nameserver have an entry for the host to be
+netbooted, <path>/etc/hosts</path> will be used first (granted the order of
+<path>/etc/nsswitch.conf</path> has not been changed from the default).
</note>
<p>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
<p>First, we will need to determine the options to use for rarpd. While there
are more options than we'll cover here, these options should get you started
As there is currently no init.d script for net-misc/iputils version of rarpd,
-an entry will need to be added to /etc/conf.d/local.start if you want to enable
+an entry will need to be added to <path>/etc/conf.d/local.start</path> if you want to enable
rarpd servies at boot time. A sample entry is as follows;
</p>
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@
</pre>
<p>
-Next, options for rarpd will need to be set in /etc/conf.d/rarpd. For an
+Next, options for rarpd will need to be set in <path>/etc/conf.d/rarpd</path>. For an
equivalent configuration as the one used above for net-misc/iputils rarpd,
-adjust /etc/conf.d/rarpd to look like the following
+adjust <path>/etc/conf.d/rarpd</path> to look like the following
</p>
<pre caption="/etc/conf.d/rarpd">
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
<p>
Each tftp daemon will need a directory from which to serve files to tftp
clients. The directory we will use for this howto will be /tftpboot. This
-will appear as the root (/) directory to the clients when requests are
+will appear as the root (<path>/</path>) directory to the clients when requests are
received. Additionally, we'll setup the system to run the tftp daemon with the
user and group nobody.
</p>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
</pre>
<p>
-Then we will need to change the owner of /tftpboot so that it is owned by user
+Then we will need to change the owner of <path>/tftpboot</path> so that it is owned by user
nobody and group nobody;
</p>
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@
<p>
After the net-misc/atftp package has been installed, it will need to be
configured. If tftpd services are desired at boot time, an entry to
-/etc/conf.d/local.start will need to be added as atftp has no init.d, inetd or
+<path>/etc/conf.d/local.start</path> will need to be added as atftp has no init.d, inetd or
xinetd scripts of its own. If you want to use inetd or xinetd for controlling
the tftpd service, please see their respective man pages.
</p>
<p>
-Below is an example entry for atftpd in /etc/conf.d/local.start;
+Below is an example entry for atftpd in <path>/etc/conf.d/local.start</path>;
</p>
<pre caption="/etc/conf.d/local.start">
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
<p>
tftp-hpa comes with an init.d and the accompanying conf.d configuration file.
-Check to make sure that INIITFTPD_PATH and INITFTP_OPTS in /etc/conf.d/in.tftpd
+Check to make sure that INIITFTPD_PATH and INITFTP_OPTS in <path>/etc/conf.d/in.tftpd</path>
match those below;
</p>
@@ -453,13 +453,13 @@
<p>
Make sure you have an image you want to use for netbooting. For a sparc or
sparc64 netboot image, please check your local Gentoo distfiles mirror under
-experimental/sparc/tftpboot for the appropriate image. We'll assume you are
+<path>experimental/sparc/tftpboot</path> for the appropriate image. We'll assume you are
planning to boot a sparc64 host using the
-gentoo-sparc64-1.4_rc4-20040102.tftpboot image.
+<path>gentoo-sparc64-1.4_rc4-20040102.tftpboot</path> image.
</p>
<p>
-Once you have an image, copy the image into /tftpboot;
+Once you have an image, copy the image into <path>/tftpboot</path>;
</p>
<pre caption="Copying the image">
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
<p>
Now, when the netboot client makes a tftp request, it looks for a file that is
the hexidecimal number of its current IP address, and on some platforms an
-.ARCH suffix. The hexidecimal number should use <e>capital</e> characters.
+<path>.ARCH</path> suffix. The hexidecimal number should use <e>capital</e> characters.
</p>
<p>
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
As a way to keep track of what netboot image you are using, and to allow
multiple machines to use the same netboot image, you can use a soft link to
create the file with the hexidecimal value. To create this using our sample
-sparc64 host and the gentoo-sparc64-1.4_rc4-20040102.tftpboot, use the
+sparc64 host and the <path>gentoo-sparc64-1.4_rc4-20040102.tftpboot</path>, use the
following command;
</p>
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
<p>
If the netboot server is a Gentoo/LINUX system and experiences problems
-installing the rarpd and tftpd packages, please search http://forums.gentoo.org
+installing the rarpd and tftpd packages, please search <uri>http://forums.gentoo.org</uri>
and <uri>http://bugs.gentoo.org</uri> to see if this problem has been
encountered by anyone else. If it has not, or the solutions found do not work,
then please open a new bug at <uri>http://bugs.gentoo.org</uri>
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
</pre>
<p>
-Double check that the file the client needs does exist in /tftpboot. You can
+Double check that the file the client needs does exist in <path>/tftpboot</path>. You can
confirm the filename it is requesting by looking in the system logs. Also,
once this file exists, the client will try to load it. Sometimes, when
the file is missing originally, it will freeze downloading the file once it
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@
<ol>
<li>
- Make sure the entry in /etc/ethers exists for the client in question. If
+ Make sure the entry in <path>/etc/ethers</path> exists for the client in question. If
the MAC address is incorrect and/or the netboot server cannot resolve the
hostname for the client, it cannot respond with the needed information.
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
@ 2005-08-18 14:27 Xavier Neys
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From: Xavier Neys @ 2005-08-18 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
neysx 05/08/18 14:27:28
Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
Log:
Improved coding style **No content change**
Revision Changes Path
1.8 +170 -166 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml?rev=1.8&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml.diff?r1=1.7&r2=1.8&cvsroot=gentoo
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retrieving revision 1.7
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diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 18 Aug 2005 13:59:23 -0000 1.7
+++ gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 18 Aug 2005 14:27:28 -0000 1.8
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.7 2005/08/18 13:59:23 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.8 2005/08/18 14:27:28 neysx Exp $ -->
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml">
+
<title>Gentoo Linux based Netboot HOWTO</title>
+
<author title="SPARC Developer">
<mail link="weeve@gentoo.org">Jason Wever</mail>
</author>
+
<abstract>
-Guide for setting up a netboot server for use with the Gentoo/SPARC netboot installation images.
+Guide for setting up a netboot server for use with the Gentoo/SPARC netboot
+installation images.
</abstract>
+
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
@@ -23,21 +28,21 @@
<body>
<note>
-This howto is currently very SPARC-centric and expecting that you will be
+This howto is currently very SPARC-centric and expecting that you will be
setting up your netboot server on an existing Gentoo Linux machine.
</note>
<p>
-This document will describe how to setup a network booting environment for a
-Sun Microsystems SPARC or UltraSPARC based computer. The document assumes that
+This document will describe how to setup a network booting environment for a
+Sun Microsystems SPARC or UltraSPARC based computer. The document assumes that
you have an existing Gentoo Linux computer available to act as the netboot
server.
</p>
<p>
-Both the netboot server and netboot client will need to be on the same
-network subnet, as the ARP protocol is typically not forwarded across
-different network subnets.
+Both the netboot server and netboot client will need to be on the same network
+subnet, as the ARP protocol is typically not forwarded across different network
+subnets.
</p>
<p>
@@ -46,18 +51,14 @@
<ol>
<li>
- Client machine sends out a reverse ARP (RARP) request to get an IP address.
- </li>
- <li>
- A server machine returns a response to the client with the IP address.
- </li>
- <li>
- The client then attempts to download a boot image from the RARP server
- using the tftp protocol.
+ Client machine sends out a reverse ARP (RARP) request to get an IP address
</li>
+ <li>A server machine returns a response to the client with the IP address</li>
<li>
- Once the image is downloaded, the netboot client then boots the image.
+ The client then attempts to download a boot image from the RARP server
+ using the tftp protocol
</li>
+ <li>Once the image is downloaded, the netboot client then boots the image</li>
</ol>
<p>
@@ -75,9 +76,8 @@
<title>The Reverse ARP Daemon</title>
<body>
-
<p>
-Currently, there are two choices for a reverse ARP daemon. They are
+Currently, there are two choices for a reverse ARP daemon. They are
net-misc/iputils (installed as part of the system profile) and net-misc/rarpd.
</p>
@@ -91,31 +91,31 @@
</p>
<p>
-No matter which rarpd you choose to use, you will need to setup the
-<path>/etc/ethers</path> file. This file indicates which hosts rarpd should
+No matter which rarpd you choose to use, you will need to setup the
+<path>/etc/ethers</path> file. This file indicates which hosts rarpd should
respond to when a request is seen, and what address to reply with.
</p>
<p>
-The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is MAC address of the NIC the machine
-will be netbooting from and the hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC address
-from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The following
+The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is MAC address of the NIC the machine
+will be netbooting from and the hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC address
+from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The following
example is for a host named sparc-netboot.gentoo.org:
</p>
<pre caption="Example /etc/ethers">
-08:00:20:77:1f:3e sparc-netboot.gentoo.org
+08:00:20:77:1f:3e sparc-netboot.gentoo.org
</pre>
<note>
-If a given hexidecimal number in the MAC address starts or is 0, you can
-chose to omit the first 0 (i.e. 08:00:20:77:1f:3e becomes 8:0:20:77:1f:3e).
+If a given hexadecimal number in the MAC address starts or is 0, you can chose
+to omit the first 0 (i.e. 08:00:20:77:1f:3e becomes 8:0:20:77:1f:3e).
</note>
<p>
-If you desire to add additional hosts to <path>/etc/ethers</path>, you do not need to
-restart the rarpd services as the file is checked each time a request is
-received.
+If you desire to add additional hosts to <path>/etc/ethers</path>, you do not
+need to restart the rarpd services as the file is checked each time a request
+is received.
</p>
<p>
@@ -123,16 +123,17 @@
</p>
<p>
-Since each entry in <path>/etc/ethers</path> has a hostname, the netboot server needs to
-be able to resolve the hostname into its IP address. This can be done two
-ways, <path>/etc/hosts</path> or the nameserver the netboot server uses.
+Since each entry in <path>/etc/ethers</path> has a hostname, the netboot server
+needs to be able to resolve the hostname into its IP address. This can be done
+two ways, <path>/etc/hosts</path> or the nameserver the netboot server uses.
</p>
<p>
-An <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry for resolving a hostname will look very similar to the one
-that probably exists from when you installed Gentoo on the netboot server.
-For our example host, sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, we'll assume that it has an IP
-address of 10.0.1.15. So the <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry would look like;
+An <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry for resolving a hostname will look very
+similar to the one that probably exists from when you installed Gentoo on the
+netboot server. For our example host, sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, we'll assume
+that it has an IP address of 10.0.1.15. So the <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry
+would look like;
</p>
<pre caption="/etc/hosts">
@@ -142,33 +143,33 @@
<note>
Depending on the environment, you may need to consult your network
-administrator to get an appropriate IP address or addresses to netboot
-the host with.
+administrator to get an appropriate IP address or addresses to netboot the host
+with.
</note>
<p>
-If you use a nameserver, then the DNS server administrator will need to add a
-record for the hostname, in our example sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, to point to
-the appropriate IP address.
-Please consult your DNS server administrator and/or the documentation for the
-DNS server's DNS software for how to add the entry.
+If you use a nameserver, then the DNS server administrator will need to add a
+record for the hostname, in our example sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, to point to
+the appropriate IP address. Please consult your DNS server administrator and/or
+the documentation for the DNS server's DNS software for how to add the entry.
</p>
<note>
-If both <path>/etc/hosts</path> and the nameserver have an entry for the host to be
-netbooted, <path>/etc/hosts</path> will be used first (granted the order of
-<path>/etc/nsswitch.conf</path> has not been changed from the default).
+If both <path>/etc/hosts</path> and the nameserver have an entry for the host
+to be netbooted, <path>/etc/hosts</path> will be used first (granted the order
+of <path>/etc/nsswitch.conf</path> has not been changed from the default).
</note>
<p>
<b>Setting up net-misc/iputils rarpd</b>
</p>
-<p>First, we will need to determine the options to use for rarpd. While there
-are more options than we'll cover here, these options should get you started
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
@ 2007-07-26 20:55 Jose Luis Rivero
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To: gentoo-doc-cvs
yoswink 07/07/26 20:55:48
Modified: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
Log:
Change syntax in the first sentence as per gustavoz's request on #gentoo-es. Don't need a version bump, rest of modifed lines is just text wrapping.
Revision Changes Path
1.9 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml?rev=1.9&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
Index: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
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retrieving revision 1.8
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diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9
--- gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 18 Aug 2005 14:27:28 -0000 1.8
+++ gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 26 Jul 2007 20:55:48 -0000 1.9
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.8 2005/08/18 14:27:28 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.9 2007/07/26 20:55:48 yoswink Exp $ -->
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml">
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@
</p>
<p>
-The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is MAC address of the NIC the machine
-will be netbooting from and the hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC address
-from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The following
-example is for a host named sparc-netboot.gentoo.org:
+The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is the MAC address of the NIC the
+machine will be netbooting and its hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC
+address from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The
+following example is for a host named sparc-netboot.gentoo.org:
</p>
<pre caption="Example /etc/ethers">
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
@ 2008-05-20 18:46 Sven Vermeulen
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To: gentoo-doc-cvs
swift 08/05/20 18:46:15
Modified: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
Log:
Coding style
Revision Changes Path
1.10 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml?rev=1.10&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/plain
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retrieving revision 1.9
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diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 26 Jul 2007 20:55:48 -0000 1.9
+++ gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 20 May 2008 18:46:15 -0000 1.10
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.9 2007/07/26 20:55:48 yoswink Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.10 2008/05/20 18:46:15 swift Exp $ -->
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml">
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@
</p>
<p>
-The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is the MAC address of the NIC the
-machine will be netbooting and its hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC
-address from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The
+The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is the MAC address of the NIC the
+machine will be netbooting and its hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC
+address from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The
following example is for a host named sparc-netboot.gentoo.org:
</p>
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